Storm Cunningham, author of ReWealth and ReCivilizing is the keynote speaker– on how citizens and crowdsourcing can lead redevelopment of communities. He observes there are 3 typical growth patterns for redevelopment- New development starts and slows down Maintenance and conservation continue at a steady pace but Restorative development continues to grow. “Restoration economy” — the idea is that we are revitalizing things that we already have–many gov’t agencies, corporations, conservation organizations are focused on the idea of restoring the institutions we have.   Libraries fit into that. We […]